Brunei Premier League

The Brunei Premier League (Malay: Liga Perdana Brunei) is the second tier of the football pyramid of Brunei. It was Brunei's top-tier football league until 2012, when the Brunei Super League was created. The Premier League falls under the management of the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam.

DST Brunei Premier League

Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Folded	2019
Country	Brunei Darussalam
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	2
Domestic cup(s)	Brunei FA Cup Brunei Super Cup
Last champions	DPMM FC (2018–19)
Most championships	QAF FC (3 titles) DPMM FC (3 titles)
Website	www.nfabd.org
Current: 2018–19 Season

History

From 1985 to 1993, the champions of the four districts (Belait, Brunei-Muara, Temburong, Tutong) entered into the National Championship playoff. The tournament was not played between 1994 and 2001. The Brunei Premier League was created in 2002, and it was the top-tier league until 2012, when it was replaced by the Brunei Super League.

From 2014 until 2019 it was made into a second tier competition.

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the 2018–19 season.^[1]

• BSRC FT
• DPMM FC II
• Jerudong FC
• Panchor Murai FC
• Rainbow FC
• Rimba Star FC
• Seri Wira FC
• Tabuan Muda

Stadiums

• Track & Field Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan
• Berakas Sports Complex, Berakas
• Jerudong Park Mini Stadium, Jerudong
• Tutong Sports Complex, Tutong
• Brunei Shell Recreation Club Field, Panaga
• NFABD Field, Bandar Seri Begawan

Champions

Previous winners are:^[2]

National Championship play-off winners:

• 1985: Angkatan Bersenjata
• 1986: Daerah Brunei
• 1987: Kota Ranger FC
• 1988: Kuala Belait FC
• 1989: Muara Stars FC
• 1990–92: not played
• 1993: Kota Ranger FC
• 1994-01: not played

Brunei Premier League (B-League)

• 2002: DPMM FC
• 2003: Wijaya FC
• 2004: DPMM FC
• 2005–06: QAF FC
• 2006–07: not held
• 2007–08: QAF FC
• 2008–09: not held
• 2009–10: QAF FC
• 2011: suspended^[3]
• 2014: Lun Bawang^[4]
• 2015: Kota Ranger FC^[5][6]
• 2016: Al-Idrus Junior^[7]
• 2017: Setia Perdana FC^[8]
• 2018–19: DPMM FC^[9]

Top scorers

year	best scorers	team	goals
2002	Fadlin Galawat	AH United	18
2003	Ajayi Oluseye	DPMM FC	28
2004	Ajayi Oluseye	DPMM FC	30
2005/06	Viban Francis Bayong	QAF FC	33
2007/08	Viban Francis Bayong Budiman Jumat	QAF FC MS ABDB	18
2009/10	Viban Francis Bayong	QAF FC	19
2014	Shafiq Abdullah Elan	Lun Bawang	6
2015	Rahimni Pundut	Setia Perdana	16
2016	Nurhidayat Abbas	Menglait FC	16
2017	Abang Fakhri Abang Jaludin Nurhidayatullah Zaini	Tunas FC IKLS FC	9
2018/19	Hakeme Yazid Said	DPMM FC	9